St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
Notes on Their Peculiarities
and Striking Points, as
Made Off-Hand.

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Joseph III. Graham, father of J. M.
Graham, was born in Shelby county,
Kentucky. Joseph M. Graham was
born in the same county in May 1850.
His early education was attained at the
academy at Lodoga, Ind, and at the
university at Lexington, KY. Embrac-
ing the profession of civil engineering
he was afterwards engaged on railroad
surveys in Northern Indiana, and for
two years was engineer in and about the
city of Indianapolis, and was as
MattoOn and other railroads in Indiana
and Illinois. For two years was chief
engineer of the Bedford & Bloomfield
railroad, and from 1878 to 1881 chief en-
gineer of the Danville, Olney & Ohio
River road, and afterwards chief engi-
neer of the Chicago, Texas & Mexican
Central. He then held the position of
general superintendent of the Danville,
Olney & Ohio River road, and for over
six years has been superintendent of
the Dakota division of the Northern
Pacific railroad, where he is at the pres
enJ time. He was elected mayor of
jamestown last spring by handsome
majority, and is making an efficient and
active official, taking great interest in
all improvements and constantly alive
to the welfare of the city.
When Judge Hamilton gets his work
IN on a nest of trampS there is no more
effective medicine administered in Da-
kota than that arising from his efforts in
this line.
Contractor Plettenberg is making
big reputation for himself in North Da-
k0ta by building depotS, court houses,
jails and doing it all so wellland thor
Oughly that his work makes him ever a
busy man.
Tom Bowditch, the literary chief
deputy of the sheriff and popular Sioux
orator and statesman, holds down the
chair in his Office with more urbanity
and classic grace than any official in the
court house.
Prof. Grove thinks the attendance at
the next term of the college will be
quite large.
If any one thing will bring the Rev.
j. III. Hartman to the front with posi-
tive affirmative it is denial that his
Irish mastiff, George, can whip any
badger in Dakota.
Since going it alone in the grocery
business, Charles Hensel smiles the
Bailey Fuller has sWapped horses
again.
The energetic capitalist, W. E. Greene,
has more faith in natural gas in Dakota
than any one in Jamestown.
Special Detective Fox has found rail-
road ties in the roof of settlers shack,
but is too kind-hearted to make very
much fuss over it.
Register Miner runs his office his own
way, and no man in the country could
run it better.
DIR. ClOes, president of the North
western Dental association, will make
his brethren of the craft feel at home
when assembling at their next annual
meeting in Jamestown.
The efficient and faithful cashier of
the Northern Pacific freight Office, John
T. Hill. is about to take well-merited
vacation with his family in Illinois.
Judge Farrell, the tender guardian of
the counties widows and orphans, since
fully recovering from his fractured arm,
finds ample time to look after these un-
fortunate people in his usual generous
way.
P. H. Foley, county superintendent
of schools, is devoted advocate of the
can explain it to lady teacher in the
most satisfactory way of any official yet
elected to the office.
The most devoted advocate of the
arteSian we'll as positive cure-all, is
eX-Mayor Thomas B. Lloyd. He heads
a procession to the fountain every even
ing.
When Dave Goodman gets back from
Chicago it is supposed that he will i'm
mediately develop some new advertis-
ing scheme that will make the other
clothing merchants hump themselves to
get the better of. Dave can if he tries.
George Herbert has better piece of
wheat in Wells county than anybody.
j. l.. Price, with his hands on the
steam whistle of his celebrated peanut
rOaSter, is the most agreeable spectacle
in the city to the kid with ''stuff'' in his
pocket.
S. S. Altschul, when he gets his whole
sale grocery establishment in running
order, expects to reap good trade from
farmers, who will find that goods bought
by the car load lot can be sold cheaper
than otherwise.
Aid. Driscoll, formerly of Buffalo,
n. Y, and warm supporter of his old
president, has one eye OH gold mine
in Dakota and the other OH his fellow
aldermen.
The old 'swar horse of Democracy; is
still on earth, and is as much against
the present administration as ever. D.
M. Kelleher'S voice is always for the
victors' absolute possession of the spoils.
President Lyon, of the asylum board,
has his hands full as inspector of the
building operations and other details
connected with the North Dakota hos
pital.
Ed Bowman and his button-hole bou-
quet make an attractive appearance on
the avenue.
Treasurer Halstead, of the Agricul-
tural and Sporting association, has
evinced his ability as collector.
Gus Lieber wants to see Milwaukee
lead the Northwestern league at the end
of the season., Then and then only will
Gus be truly happy.
Aid. Dole, the jealous guardian of the
city's beautiful flower beds in the park,
would like to catch another destructive
female pulling up his beautiful pansies